Curators Jeanne Brasile and Jade Lien are pleased to announce their most recent curatorial collaboration on view during the 10th Annual Open Doors and Studio Tour sponsored by the Newark Arts Council. “Letting Go” will activate the block encompassed by New, Halsey and Broad Streets and Central Avenue with public displays and performances by over 50 participating artists. The exhibition is a discourse on the notion of catharsis, or emotional cleansing. Catharsis, or purging of emotions, produces profound feelings such as fear, sorrow, pity or even joy. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a sense of restoration, renewal, and revitalization; concepts that are poignant and greatly needed in this complicated emotional landscape we presently occupy.

Rogue Video and Performance was founded by Jeanne Brasile and Jade Lien in 2006 to free curators and artists from the confines of the traditional gallery space and to connect the public art large with art in unexpected places. To date, Brasile and Lien have curated events and video screenings for the SITE Festival in Brooklyn, Newark Open Doors, JC Fridays in Jersey City and the Paterson Art Walk in Paterson, New Jersey. They continue to independently curate exhibitions in non-traditional spaces and have recently begun to use Rogue Video and Performance as an opportunity to mentor aspiring curators who wish to develop exhibitions for alternative spaces. For more information please go to http://roguevideo.org or http://newarkarts.org for more information on the Open Doors Studio Tour.